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BETHLEHEM, Pa. (May 20, 2014) - Voltarra Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Menzies Research Institute at the University of Tasmania in Hobart, Australia have initiated a Phase III multi-center clinical trial to assess the efficacy and safety of VOLT01 for controlling knee osteoarthritis (OA). ...

NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. (April 22, 2014) - Alicja Cygan of Belle Mead is one of many Rutgers University Chemistry undergraduate students who are getting hands on experience with research earlier in their academic careers through a pilot program funded by the Aresty Research Center. A 2...

CLINTON, N.J. (April 28, 2014) - Unity Bank has launched a contest for small business owners in the bank's branch footprint that will award a total of $16,000 in cash prizes, including $10,000 for the lucky winner. Four runners-up will each receive a $1,500 prize. The Small Business ...

PLAINFIELD (April 24, 2014) - Unity Bank has provided a construction loan to Jerome Pereira of Fanwood to support the opening of Buccaneer Bay BBQ, 154 Terrill Road, Plainfield. "People have always commented on my culinary skills and this was my dream," said Pereira, an entrepreneur a...

NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. (April 1, 2014) - Rutgers University Chemistry and Chemical Biology Department undergraduates Shiri Nawrocki and Scott Smart are getting first-hand experience as research scientists through an innovative co-op program at nearby Colgate-Palmolive Company. In the process...

NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. (March 31, 2014) - Funded in part by the Obama Administration's American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Rutgers University today unveiled two microscopy suites, together valued at more than $5.2 million. These instruments are the "best in the world" at producing nano...

CLINTON, N.J. (March 27, 2014) - Michele Kavanagh, Unity Bank Flemington Branch Relationship Manager/Assistant Vice President, has been appointed Director of Volunteers for the Flemington Business Improvement District. A Branchburg resident, Kavanagh more than 15 years of banking experi...

NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. (March 25, 2014) - Helen M. Berman, Rutgers University Board of Governors Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology (CCB) and the Center for Integrative Proteomics Research, has been selected to receive the Benjamin Franklin Award for Open Access in the Life Sciences...

NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. (March 19, 2014) - Rutgers University Chemistry Associate Professor Tewodros (Teddy) Asefagrew up in Ethiopia, but a recent trip to Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia, and the political capital of Africa, was still an eye opening experience. "Many African countri...

CLINTON, N.J. (March 6, 2014) - Unity Bank has introduced Unity Financial Services, a division of the bank to offer customers a comprehensive range of investment products and services. Robert H. Junge of Lebanon, a Certified Financial Planner with 25 years of experience, has joined the ba...

CLINTON, N.J. (February 27, 2014) - Unity Bank has provided a Small Business Administration (SBA) loan to fund the expansion of DeCanto's Best of Hillsborough, a business started by High Bridge resident Anthony DeCanto, Jr. with the goal of bringing its veggie burgers nationwide. Th...

Collaborative Project with Rutgers University and Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton TRENTON, NJ (February 26, 2014) - Recognizing the strong need to streamline clinical trials, BioNJ has announced a Clinical Trials Master Service Agreement template designed to support clinical tri...

NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. (February 25, 2014) - Rutgers University Chemistry & Chemical Biology (CCB) Professors Joachim Kohn and Kathryn Uhrich, renowned polymer scientists, have been named Fellows of the National Academy of Inventors® (NAI). Deputy U.S. Commissioner for Patents And...

CLINTON (February 24, 2014) - Unity Bank has provided a $3.5 million loan to St. Thomas Syro-Malabar Catholic Church of Franklin Township, Somerset County, to fund the construction of a new 26,500-square-foot church to be located at 510 Elizabeth Ave. near the intersection of Weston Road....

TRENTON, NJ (February 18, 2014) - BioNJ, the state's trade association for biotech companies and affiliated organizations, has elected David C. Pearson, Ph.D., Global Head of Corporate Development of ThromboGenics, Inc., and Alan L. Rubino President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of ...

NFL Hall of Famer Nick Buoniconti, NORD, John Crowley of Amicus, Dr. Wise Young of Rutgers to Receive Leadership Recognition TRENTON, NJ (January 29, 2014) - BioNJ will honor the first recipients of its Patient Advocate Award tomorrow evening at the BioNJ 21st Annual Dinner Meeting ...

CLINTON, NJ (January 8, 2013) - Unity Bank recently donated $5,000 to the Boy Scouts of America Patriot's Path Council for Scoutreach/Inner City Scout programs. The donation will support Plainfield and Elizabeth area scouts who could not otherwise take part in programs, services and summe...

NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. (January 7, 2014) - The American Heart Association has awarded Rutgers University Chemistry Postdoctoral Researcher Ana Monica Nunes a two-year fellowship to study novel biological interactions critical to the development of improved treatments for the hardening of t...

CLINTON (December 19, 2013) - Unity Bank and its employees will donate a total of $21,000 to 15 food pantries in Central Jersey and Easton, Pa. this month, one service organization for each Unity branch. The funds, which represent a 50 percent increase over the previous campaign, were don...

WASHINGTON (November 25, 2013) - Unity Bank has provided a $2,000 grant to Warren County Habitat for Humanity (WCFHH) to help renovate a West Washington Avenue home for a local family. Bank employees also intend to volunteer at the site, which is the 11th Warren County home built or ren...